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  FROM 
  FIELD 
  EXPERIMENTERS. 
  103 
  

  

  No. 
  349. 
  C. 
  F. 
  White, 
  Plevna, 
  Reno 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  16th; 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  doubtful, 
  as 
  reported 
  November 
  4th: 
  "I 
  followed 
  your 
  directions 
  very 
  care- 
  

   fully, 
  but 
  found 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  dying 
  at 
  a 
  certain 
  age 
  they 
  shed 
  their 
  skins, 
  and 
  

   had 
  wings 
  and 
  scattered 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  broom 
  corn, 
  and 
  at 
  no 
  time 
  did 
  they 
  

   die. 
  This 
  thing 
  has 
  bothered 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  farmers 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

   They 
  mistake 
  the 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  for 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  I 
  did 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  until 
  I 
  

   tried 
  to 
  find 
  some 
  dead 
  bugs 
  with 
  wings 
  and 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  do 
  so, 
  and 
  by 
  examining 
  

   carefully 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  bugs 
  shed 
  their 
  skins, 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  get 
  strength 
  enough 
  

   they 
  leave 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  their 
  birth 
  unless 
  the 
  feed 
  is 
  good." 
  Remark: 
  The 
  three 
  re- 
  

   ports 
  from 
  experiments 
  at 
  Plevna 
  are 
  all 
  unfavorable, 
  the 
  bugs 
  not 
  being 
  destroyed 
  

   by 
  the 
  disease. 
  The 
  shedding 
  of 
  skin 
  and 
  subsequent 
  scattering 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  bugs 
  

   mentioned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  White 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  natural 
  moulting 
  and 
  moving 
  of 
  

   the 
  chinch-bug. 
  No 
  mention 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  bugs 
  bunching. 
  

  

  No. 
  350. 
  C. 
  M. 
  Bebgh, 
  Kackley. 
  Republic 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  11th: 
  

   " 
  I 
  have 
  77 
  acres 
  of 
  fine 
  wheat 
  which 
  is 
  getting 
  full 
  of 
  bugs 
  and 
  has 
  begun 
  to 
  wilt 
  

   in 
  spots." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  15th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  

   20th: 
  "I 
  distributed 
  the 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  next 
  the 
  corn. 
  About 
  15 
  minutes 
  after 
  I 
  

   had 
  finished 
  scattering 
  them 
  there 
  came 
  a 
  heavy 
  shower. 
  In 
  10 
  days 
  I 
  made 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   amination 
  and 
  found 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  bugs 
  dead 
  and 
  the 
  few 
  that 
  remained 
  alive 
  

   were 
  hid 
  in 
  the 
  cracks 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  were 
  also 
  dead. 
  

   There 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  any 
  more 
  damage 
  done 
  either 
  to 
  the 
  wheat 
  or 
  the 
  corn, 
  al- 
  

   though 
  there 
  were 
  thousands 
  of 
  young 
  bugs 
  on 
  every 
  stalk 
  of 
  corn 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  

   wheat. 
  Before 
  the 
  bugs 
  commenced 
  to 
  die 
  the 
  corn 
  stalks 
  were 
  falling 
  over 
  every 
  

   day, 
  but 
  after 
  the 
  disease 
  took 
  effect 
  not 
  a 
  stalk 
  fell, 
  and 
  I 
  got 
  50 
  bushels 
  to 
  the 
  acre. 
  

   I 
  think 
  the 
  experiment 
  saved 
  my 
  corn 
  field 
  from 
  destruction. 
  Neighbors 
  from 
  all 
  

   around 
  came 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  they 
  all 
  seemed 
  to 
  have 
  good 
  luck 
  with 
  them." 
  

   Under 
  date 
  of 
  November 
  1st: 
  "I 
  think 
  I 
  saved 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   bors 
  adjoining 
  me 
  saved 
  more 
  than 
  that 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  bugs 
  spreading 
  from 
  my 
  

   field 
  to 
  theirs. 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  who 
  obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  my 
  field 
  saved 
  at 
  least 
  20 
  

   acres 
  of 
  fine 
  broom 
  corn." 
  

  

  No. 
  351. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Collins, 
  Belleville, 
  Republic 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  9th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  are 
  leaving 
  my 
  wheat 
  and 
  are 
  going 
  into 
  my 
  cane, 
  millet, 
  and 
  corn. 
  Please 
  

   send 
  me 
  infected 
  bugs 
  by 
  return 
  mail." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  11th; 
  experiment 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  25th: 
  "The 
  observations 
  that 
  I 
  made 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   First, 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  field 
  when 
  I 
  placed 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in; 
  second, 
  I 
  

   found 
  the 
  first 
  dead 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  day 
  — 
  just 
  a 
  few 
  — 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  seventh 
  day 
  I 
  

   found 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  all 
  piling 
  up 
  in 
  piles 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  another 
  thing 
  I 
  

   noticed 
  was 
  a 
  white 
  fungus 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  dying; 
  third, 
  the 
  

   bugs 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  harm 
  to 
  the 
  growing 
  grain 
  after 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  pile 
  up 
  

   on 
  the 
  ground; 
  fourth, 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  disease 
  spread 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  in 
  about 
  

   10 
  days. 
  It 
  was 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  when 
  I 
  received 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  The 
  people 
  up 
  

   this 
  way 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  infected 
  bug 
  is 
  the 
  greatest 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  age." 
  

  

  No. 
  352. 
  M. 
  Monson, 
  Kackley, 
  Republic 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  23d; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  24th: 
  "The 
  diseased 
  bugs 
  were 
  scattered 
  

   in 
  an 
  eight 
  acre 
  field 
  of 
  wheat 
  three 
  days 
  before 
  the 
  wheat 
  was 
  harvested. 
  After 
  10 
  

   days 
  I 
  found 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  piles 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  heap 
  my 
  hand 
  full 
  from 
  a 
  spot 
  not 
  

   larger 
  than 
  my 
  hand. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  I 
  found 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  where 
  no 
  dis- 
  

   eased 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  placed, 
  one-half 
  mile 
  from 
  mine. 
  Bugs 
  were 
  now 
  traveling 
  from 
  

   the 
  wheat 
  to 
  an 
  adjoining 
  corn 
  field. 
  Six 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  bugs 
  commenced 
  traveling 
  

   to 
  the 
  corn 
  they 
  covered 
  three 
  feet 
  of 
  every 
  stalk 
  about 
  10 
  rods 
  into 
  the 
  field. 
  On 
  

   the 
  seventh 
  day 
  I 
  noticed 
  there 
  were 
  not 
  as 
  many 
  bugs 
  on 
  the 
  stalks; 
  I 
  then 
  noticed 
  

  

  